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Oh, Bessie!

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Oh, Bessie! Lyrics

bessie
what's on your mind
can it be
that things are good
that things are fine
family
where are you
what hurts me
must surely hurt you too
daytime it's coming up
something is bound for you and me
what it is
i don't know
we'll have to wait and see

thadeus
he comes and goes
he thinks i'm great
he told me so
last i saw
he was very tall
and he grew a beard oh boy
you're growing older by the second
your head is filled
with sentimental recollections
they don't
have the answers
to your questions
they don't have
whoooo!

bessie
i dream of you
of carbonation
and two bats too
a great big ocean
as wide as
the eye can see
maybe one day
hey
you'll marry me-eeeee
ohh!

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twee! On Jul 28, 2007

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by jc4jcjcjc20jc

17y ago

Maybe its about some old friends that have all split apart and moved on with there lifes. One was a guy friend and one is a exgirlfriend he wants back or a girl he never got to be with that he wants still.

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Cover art for Oh, Bessie! lyrics by Teeth, The

by jc4jcjcjc20jc

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Maybe its about some old friends that have all split apart and moved on with there lifes. One was a guy friend and one is a exgirlfriend he wants back or a girl he never got to be with that he wants still.

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Cover art for Oh, Bessie! lyrics by Teeth, The

by jc4jcjcjc20jc

17y ago

Maybe its about some old friends that have all split apart and moved on with there lifes. One was a guy friend and one is a exgirlfriend he wants back or a girl he never got to be with that he wants still.

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